Walter Burnett, Jr.

Courtesy of WTTW-Ch. 11, here is a lightly-edited rush transcript of the segment on Chicago's antiquated garbage-pickup system seen yesterday on " Chicago Tonight" provided by WTTW-Ch. 11. See if you react as strongly as I did to 27th Ward......

I'm guessing garbage collection isn't your area of expertise. Mine neither. But if the city of Chicago were to come to us and ask us to create a rough design for a household refuse-collection system, there's almost no chance we'd......

Richard Daley leaves office this month as one of the most ambitious mayors Chicago ever had, a political heir who embraced and transcended his birthright but whose hands-on drive to improve the city he loved did not always match his reach. Chicago's...

Posted by John Byrne at 6:10 p.m. The Jesse White Tumblers could soon have their first permanent practice facility, on the site where a Cabrini-Green building once stood. The City Council Finance Committee will consider a proposal introduced today by........

Posted by John Byrne at 11:41 a.m.; updated at 2:57 p.m. Ald. Walter Burnett resigned today as chairman of the Chicago City Council's black caucus. The 27th Ward alderman, who has chaired the 19-member group of African-American aldermen for nearly......

Posted by Hal Dardick at 7:10 p.m. A majority of Chicago aldermen have agreed with Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel on a City Council committee structure that would weaken the influence of Ald. Edward Burke, 14th. Under the new structure outlined today......

Posted by John Byrne at 5:57 p.m. South Side Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. was elected chairman of the Chicago City Council's Black Caucus today. The 21st Ward alderman defeated Ald. Latasha Thomas, 17th, in a vote among African-American aldermen after......

Posted by John Byrne at 7:42 p.m. A key alderman today called for public hearings on a proposal to charge Taste of Chicago attendees $20 on peak days to get into the traditionally free annual summertime lakefront smorgasbord. The Illinois......